William Berger

Cape Town Opera Will Host SHORTS: A Festival Of Short Operas
by Stephi Wild - Feb 12, 2025

After a sold-out season of My Fair Lady at Artscape, Cape Town Opera (CTO), Africa's leading opera company, will host Shorts: A Festival of SHORT Operas!  at The Wave theatre.

Cape Town Opera Unveils 2025 Season Featuring Shakespeare in the Park and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 23, 2024

Cape Town Opera has unveiled its lineup of productions and events for 2025. 2024 marked CTO's 25th anniversary and sees the company bringing the year to a close with the hit musical My Fair Lady at Artscape. See what's up next for the company!

THE BRAVO! VAIL MUSIC FESTIVAL Announces Free Education And Engagement Programs And Concerts
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 18, 2024

Bravo! Vail Music Festival has announced over 30 free concerts and educational events for its 37th annual festival from June 19 to August 1, 2024.

Previews: LA SUSPENDIDA - A JAZZ METAL OPERA at Nublu
by Peter Danish - Mar 11, 2024

Will Berger is a renaissance man on a mission.  When he's not lecturing on classical music and opera, or writing the commentaries for the Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius, or co-hosting the live Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, or producing (and writing) the broadcasts' Met Opera Quiz, or writing books (Wagner Without Fear (1998), Verdi With a Vengeance (2000), Puccini Without Excuses (2005), all published by Random House) he's writing the libretto for a new Jazz Metal Opera!  

GROUNDED by Jeanine Tesori to Open The Metropolitan Opera's 2024â€"25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2024

The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled the 2024–25 season lineup. Learn about the operas being presented and see how to purchase tickets.

Nominations Announced For the Fleur Du Cap Theatre Awards
by Stephi Wild - Mar 2, 2023

The Distell Group and Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards panel have announced the anticipated list of nominees in contention for the prestigious awards which reward outstanding work in the theatre industry annually. 

The Metropolitan Opera Announces 2023â€"24 Season Featuring Four Met Premieres & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 22, 2023

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a 2023–24 season with the most new works in the company’s modern history. See show details, performances dates, and how to purchase tickets!

Mozart's Masterpiece LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Announced At Roodepoort Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 10, 2022

Proudly sponsored by the Judith Neilson Head Trust, Cape Town Opera, in collaboration with Sempre Opera and Roodepoort Theatre, presents Mozart's famous masterpiece, Le Nozze di Figaro at the Roodepoort Theatre from 06 – 15 July 2022.

Cape Town Opera's One Night Only: Duet Gala Concert Comes To Artscape In June
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2022

After a Covid-enforced break of two years, Cape Town Opera (CTO) and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) have announced this one-night-only event of glamour, conducted by sought-after Polish-German conductor Adam Szmidt and directed by the renowned Christine Crouse. 

Fleur Du Cap Theatre Awards Nominees To Be Announced At Live Event
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2022

The 57th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards ceremony will see theatre makers celebrating excellence in theatre in a gala presentation later this month.

The Metropolitan Opera Announces 2022â€"23 Season, Featuring Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 23, 2022

The Metropolitan Opera today announced its 2022–23 season, which features seven new productions, the most in ten seasons. Opening Night is September 27 with the company premiere of Cherubini’s Medea, starring soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role alongside tenor Matthew Polenzani in David McVicar’s new staging, conducted by Carlo Rizzi.

Furloughed Artists Of The Met Announce Upcoming Outdoor NYC Concert
by A.A. Cristi - May 7, 2021

Dancers of the Met, an independent collective of dancers who have performed with the Metropolitan Opera throughout the seasons, is joining with furloughed members of the Met Orchestra and Met Chorus Artists to produce an outdoor NYC concert on Sunday, May 16. 

Furloughed Artists Of The Met Opera Collaborate To Produce Outdoor Concert, OPEN AIR OPERA: STREET DANCES
by Stephi Wild - May 6, 2021

Dancers of the Met, an independent collective of dancers who have performed with the Metropolitan Opera throughout the seasons, is joining with furloughed members of the Met Orchestra and Met Chorus Artists to produce an outdoor event, Sunday May 16th from 11 AM to 7 PM, with dance concerts at 4 PM and 5:30 PM.  

Schedule Updates Announced for San Francisco Opera's RING FESTIVAL
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 13, 2021

San Francisco Opera's online Ring Festival continues throughout March with free streaming of Richard Wagner's four-part The Ring of the Nibelung and live ticketed events online. The Ring Festival schedule featuring an array of interviews, panel discussions and lectures with artists and scholars has been updated, including the addition of two new free events.

SiriusXM and Pandora Present Special Encore Of 'A Love Supreme: Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Opera'
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2020

SiriusXM and Pandora present a special encore presentation of A Love Supreme: Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Opera.  

The Metropolitan Opera Has Announced its 2020â€"21 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 13, 2020

Today, the Metropolitan Opera announced its 2020-21 season, the first in which Yannick Nézet-Séguin assumes his full breadth of musical duties as the company's Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducting six productions. His schedule includes the Met premiere of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking, the first contemporary opera conducted by the maestro on the Met stage, as part of his ongoing commitment to opera of our time at the Met, which will expand in the seasons to come.

Photo Flash: First Look at Royal Opera and London Handel Festival's BERENICE
by Julie Musbach - Mar 28, 2019

Handel's Berenice returns to Covent Garden in a new co-production by The Royal Opera and London Handel Festival, nearly 282 years after its 1737 premiere at the Covent Garden Theatre, a forerunner to the Royal Opera House. Staged in the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre, the West's End's newest and most intimate theatre, the new production is directed by Adele Thomas and sung in a new English translation by Selma Dimitrijevic.

The Royal Opera House Reveals New Linbury Theatre Season
by Marianka Swain - Sep 19, 2018

The Royal Opera House today opens the doors to its transformed new home, following an extensive three-year construction project.

San Francisco Opera's Ring Festival Programs Continue Through 7/1
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2018

Complementing the highly-anticipated performances of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen on the stage of the War Memorial Opera House (June 12-July 1), San Francisco Opera presents its ongoing Ring Festival of ancillary events and activities. Designed to deepen public engagement and provide informative, fun ways to explore Wagner's profound masterwork, the Ring Festival offers a diverse schedule of lectures, exhibitions, film screenings, musical programs and opportunities to hear from artists, production team members and Wagner experts.

Broadway Talent Tapped for 2018/2019 Season at the Met
by Julie Musbach - Feb 15, 2018

Accelerating his arrival as Music Director by two seasons, Yannick Nezet-Seguin will take up the post in time for the start of the Metropolitan Opera's 2018-19 season, it was announced today.